Meet the Squad: The People Who Make Clog Squad Unstoppable

At Clog Squad, “unstoppable” is not a slogan we picked because it sounded good on a truck. As our founder puts it, we are unstoppable because we have to be. When we show up to a job, it is almost always because someone else already came up short, and a homeowner is standing in a basement they very much do not want to be standing in.

Behind every cleared drain and every relined sewer is a real person who chose to show up on a stranger’s worst day and make it better. So we would like you to meet a few of them. These are the specialists who carry the Clog Squad name to your front door, and here is what drives each of them.

Ken Beyer, Founder and Lining Specialist

Ken started what he likes to call a drain-cleaning revolution, and he is happy to explain why one was needed. The piping system buried under the United States is failing at a staggering pace, going bad at a rate of roughly $200 billion every five years. A lot of those lines have been in the ground for over a century, and the old answer was always the same: dig everything up and replace it.

That approach never sat right with Ken. Excavating a century-old pipe tears up sidewalks, landscaping, and driveways, costs a fortune, and leaves a yard that never quite looks the same again. So he built a better way. Instead of digging, we install a brand-new pipe inside the old one, restoring the line without destroying everything around it.

He took the same builder’s mindset to drain cleaning itself. The standard equipment most companies still use was developed back in the 1800s. It is hard on the body, hard on the pipes, and filthy to work with, throwing muck everywhere it goes. So Ken helped develop the FlexShaft system. It lets us run a camera right behind the tool as we work, so we can see exactly what we are clearing, whether that is roots, delaminated pipe, or built-up cast iron, and remove it without destroying the pipe. The equipment is disinfected as it comes back out, and it weighs about half what older tools do. The system turned out to be exciting enough that RIDGID partnered with Clog Squad to bring it to professionals around the world.

For all the technology, Ken’s favorite part is still simple. There is no greater reward than helping someone in a real moment of need, like a backed-up kitchen sink on Thanksgiving or Christmas with a houseful of guests and a kitchen that has gone dark. We get in there and get that sink flowing like new, because we clean the drain wall-to-wall instead of just punching a hole through the problem.

Mark, Lining Specialist

Mark brings more than 30 years of plumbing experience to the team, and he has spent the last 7-plus years with Clog Squad. What he loves most is handing a customer a long-term solution to a situation nobody ever wants to be in.

When he arrives at a home with a damaged or collapsed sewer line, the old playbook would have called for tearing up the yard and the basement to dig the pipe out. Mark would much rather offer a no-dig install instead. And he is genuinely proud of the detail that sets our lining apart. A lot of the materials out there come in sections anywhere from 2 to 10 feet long, and every one of those sections means another joint. Every joint is a gap, and every gap is an opening for roots and future trouble. What we install is one solid, continuous piece that runs from where it starts to where it ends, a single seam from the house all the way out to the city sewer or septic, with none of those weak points in between.

The work has its challenges, and that is part of the appeal. For Mark, the payoff is the relief on a customer’s face when the line is flowing properly again, and the nightmare of sewage backing up into the basement is finally behind them.

Mike, Drain Cleaning and Lining Specialist

Mike has been doing drain cleaning and trenchless sewer repair for 20 years, so he has seen exactly how the country’s aging pipes give out. Most of the sewers he works on were put in somewhere between 50 and 120 years ago, and at this point, they are all failing in one way or another. He sees root intrusion, offsets where the pipe has shifted out of line, and cast iron that has rusted until it develops holes.

His case for repairing a sewer trenchlessly is straightforward: it is usually less expensive and a lot safer than digging. The method is elegant in its simplicity. We take an epoxy sleeve, invert it into the pipe, and let it cure in place, and what you are left with is a brand-new pipe inside the old one.

Mike likes fixing things for people, plain and simple. His favorite moment is walking in while a homeowner is panicked and being the person who eliminates that worry for good, leaving them knowing they will not have to deal with it again. It is a challenging job, and that is exactly why he enjoys it.

Dan, Drainage Specialist

Ask Dan about the job, and he will tell you about the drive home. Just about every afternoon, he heads back with a real sense of accomplishment, because he got to show up several times that day and be a hero to someone having quite possibly the worst day of their life. As he says, there are not many jobs where you get to be a hero multiple times a day.

What that looks like in practice is stepping into a stressful situation and handing someone a clean, efficient, and economical solution, then making sure the problem stays solved going forward. Dan is also genuinely energized by the people he works alongside, a team that includes specialists with 30-plus years of experience who are recognized as industry leaders. He shares their refusal to coast on habit. Just because something has always been done a certain way does not mean that it should keep being done, and the squad is always hunting for the cleanest, most efficient, and best way to get the job done for the customer.

Ethan, Drainage Specialist

Ethan is the newest face on the crew, and he knows the feeling of walking down into a basement to find ankle-deep water. That is rarely a good sign, and it is usually his cue to get to work.

Being the new guy means the veterans give him a hard time, and he is quick to give it right back. But he is the first to say how much he is learning from them, a group that knows plumbing and drainage inside and out. The water is at a standstill, and the job is to get in there and get it moving again, which means thinking a couple of steps ahead the whole way. His tell that the job is truly done is watching the water drain at a steady, consistent pace.

What he likes most is meeting customers when they are in full panic mode and staying cool, calm, and collected through the entire process. The best part is the end, when the drains are flowing, everyone is on the same page, and he gets to leave with a smile.

What Makes the Squad Unstoppable

Put these five in a room, and the pattern is hard to miss. You have decades of hard-won experience sitting right next to fresh energy, veterans who have spent 30 years in the trade mentoring the newest hire. You have a founder who would rather invent a better tool than accept a filthy one from the 1800s. And running through all of it is the same instinct: to show up when other people have failed and turn a homeowner’s panic into relief.

That is the whole idea behind being unstoppable. We clean drains wall-to-wall instead of poking a hole and calling it done. We reline failing pipes from the inside instead of tearing up your yard. And we leave with your water flowing like new and a problem that is actually solved.

If you are dealing with a stubborn clog, a backed-up drain, or a failing sewer line, the squad is ready to step in. Contact our team today. At Clog Squad, we are unstoppable.